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Nave altera che in mezzo all'onde, nell'orror di notte oscura, agitata è da due venti ferma sta, e non sa qual di lor la spinga al porto. Così l'alma che si confonde fra due stimoli possenti pensa fra sè qual è quel che giova al suo conforto.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Nave altera che in mezzo all'onde", first published 1728 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "Nave altera che in mezzo all'onde", first performed 1728, from the opera L'Abbandono di Armida [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Si un fier navire au milieu de l'onde", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-10-11
Line count: 9
Word count: 47
Si un fier navire au milieu de l'onde dans l'horreur d'une nuit obscure, est secoué par deux vents, il reste immobile ne sachant pas lequel peut le pousser au port. Ainsi l'âme déchirée entre deux puissants élans se demande lequel lui apportera le réconfort.
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- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to French (Français) copyright © 2018 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Nave altera che in mezzo all'onde", first published 1728
This text was added to the website: 2018-10-11
Line count: 9
Word count: 44